Rafaela Ottiano

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1888-03-02 (54 years old)

Deathday

1942-08-14

Place of Birth

Venice, Italy

Rafaela Ottiano

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rafaela Ottiano (4 March 1888 – 18 August 1942) was an Italian-born American stage and film actress. Born in Venice, Italy, she emigrated with her parents to the United States, and was processed at Ellis Island, in 1910. Ottiano established herself as a stage actress in Europe before arriving in Hollywood in 1924 and appearing in American motion pictures. Ottiano's first film was in the John L. McCutcheon-directed drama The Law and the Lady (1924) opposite actors Len Leo, Alice Lake, and Tyrone Power, Sr. Ottiano was part of the original 1928 Broadway cast of the Mae West hit play Diamond Lil and repri...

Acting

1932

Grand Hotel

as Suzette

1936

1935

Curly Top

as Mrs. Higgins

1935

The Florentine Dagger

as Lili Salvatore

1933

She Done Him Wrong

as Russian Rita

1933

Ann Vickers

as Mrs. Feldermans

1935

Remember Last Night?

as Mme. Bouclier

1934

The Last Gentleman

as Retta Barr, Judd's wife

1933

Bondage

as Miss Trigge

1935

Enchanted April

as Francesca

1934

1939

Paris Honeymoon

as Fluschotska

1941

Topper Returns

as Lillian

1934

Mandalay

as Madame Lacalles

1938

Suez

as Maria De Teba

1935

We're Only Human

as Mrs. Anderson

1932

1932

1940

A Little Bit of Heaven

as Mme. Lupinsky

1938

1940

Victory

as Madame Makanoff

1940

Vigil in the Night

as Mrs. Henrietta Sullivan

1935

The Lottery Lover

as Gaby's Maid

1936

That Girl from Paris

as Nikki's Personal Maid (uncredited)

1926

Married?

as Maid

1937

Maytime

as Ellen

1933

Female

as Della, Alison's Maid (Uncredited)

1936

Anthony Adverse

as Signora Bovino

1937

Seventh Heaven

as Madame Frisson

1932

Night Court

as Evil Tongued Neighbor (uncredited)

1934

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Louise - Marie's Maid (uncredited)

1936

1936

Riffraff

as Matron (as Rafaelo Ottiano)

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